Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole

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Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction Roman Catholic diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in southwestern Poland, centered in the city of Opole and responsible for overseeing local parishes and religious activities in the region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole canonical	2
Apostolic Administration of Opole	1
Diocese of Opole	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6523133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole
Context triple: [Opole Cathedral, isPartOf, Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole]

A. Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Poland, overseeing numerous parishes and churches in and around the city of Sosnowiec.
B. Roman Catholic Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in southern Poland, encompassing parishes in and around the cities of Bielsko-Biała and Żywiec.
C. Diocese of Wrocław
The Diocese of Wrocław is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory centered in the city of Wrocław (Vratislavia), playing a major religious and cultural role in the Silesian region.
D. Archdiocese of Poznań
The Archdiocese of Poznań is one of the oldest and most important Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdictions in Poland, centered in the city of Poznań and historically significant in the Christianization of the Polish state.
E. Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów is an ecclesiastical territory in southern Poland, known for its dense network of parishes and historic churches and for being one of the most vocations-rich dioceses in the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole
Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in southwestern Poland, centered in the city of Opole and responsible for overseeing local parishes and religious activities in the region.

A. Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sosnowiec is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Poland, overseeing numerous parishes and churches in and around the city of Sosnowiec.
B. Roman Catholic Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in southern Poland, encompassing parishes in and around the cities of Bielsko-Biała and Żywiec.
C. Diocese of Wrocław
The Diocese of Wrocław is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory centered in the city of Wrocław (Vratislavia), playing a major religious and cultural role in the Silesian region.
D. Archdiocese of Poznań
The Archdiocese of Poznań is one of the oldest and most important Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdictions in Poland, centered in the city of Poznań and historically significant in the Christianization of the Polish state.
E. Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnów is an ecclesiastical territory in southern Poland, known for its dense network of parishes and historic churches and for being one of the most vocations-rich dioceses in the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
belongsTo	Conference of the Polish Episcopate ⓘ linked to: Polish Episcopal Conference
cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Opole ⓘ linked to: Opole Cathedral
centralCity	Opole ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
ecclesiasticalProvince	Ecclesiastical province of Katowice ⓘ
elevatedFrom	Apostolic Administration of Opole ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole
establishedAsDiocese	1972 ⓘ
governedBy	diocesan bishop ⓘ
hasFunction	administration of sacraments ⓘ promotion of Catholic social teaching ⓘ religious education and catechesis ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Latin ⓘ Polish ⓘ
locatedIn	Silesian region of Poland ⓘ linked to: Silesia southwestern Poland ⓘ
metropolitanSee	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice ⓘ linked to: Archdiocese of Katowice
partOf	Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ
regionServed	Opole Voivodeship ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination of religious activities in the diocese ⓘ oversight of local parishes ⓘ pastoral care of Catholics in its territory ⓘ
rite	Roman Rite ⓘ
seat	Opole ⓘ
suiIurisChurch	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
territoryPreviouslyPartOf	Archdiocese of Wrocław ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	diocese immediately subject to a metropolitan archbishop ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opole Cathedral → isPartOf → Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole ⓘ

Opole Cathedral → hasDiocese → Diocese of Opole ⓘ

linked to: Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole

Opole Cathedral → governingBody → Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole → elevatedFrom → Apostolic Administration of Opole ⓘ